http://flavorwire.com/2003/fw-exclusive-ben-greenman-the-only-living-boy-in-new-york Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://flavorwire.com/2003/fw-exclusive-ben-greenman-the-only-living-boy-in-new-york/comment-page-1#comment-214 Dave Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:41:36 +0000 http://flavorwire.com/?p=2003#comment-214 Awww. How cute. In an-almost-like grandma-but-not-quite sense of the expression. Sure the good 'ole days were at a pace that allowed one to "savor" the emotional response in a comfortable sense. But the author, likely not a participant in a modern-day heart-racing email-enabled romance, likely has not yet experienced our contemporary alternative. The past is beautiful, and as a sentimentalist, I can't quite let it go. But it is gone...and the present can be equally as enriching and emotionally rich. Plus we get more of it! Awww. How cute. In an-almost-like grandma-but-not-quite sense of the expression. Sure the good ‘ole days were at a pace that allowed one to “savor” the emotional response in a comfortable sense. But the author, likely not a participant in a modern-day heart-racing email-enabled romance, likely has not yet experienced our contemporary alternative. The past is beautiful, and as a sentimentalist, I can’t quite let it go. But it is gone…and the present can be equally as enriching and emotionally rich. Plus we get more of it!

]]> http://flavorwire.com/2003/fw-exclusive-ben-greenman-the-only-living-boy-in-new-york/comment-page-1#comment-212 Craig Daikon Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:36:22 +0000 http://flavorwire.com/?p=2003#comment-212 Ben Greenman is awesome. His book "Superbad" is a great introduction to his work. (And no, it's not related to the movie that came out last year. It's superbetter.) Ben Greenman is awesome. His book “Superbad” is a great introduction to his work. (And no, it’s not related to the movie that came out last year. It’s superbetter.)

]]> http://flavorwire.com/2003/fw-exclusive-ben-greenman-the-only-living-boy-in-new-york/comment-page-1#comment-211 markesan Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:10:04 +0000 http://flavorwire.com/?p=2003#comment-211 I hear what you're saying about email and none of it's untrue, but email has also reintroduced the written word into day-to-day culture. Before email started entering the mainstream in the late 90s, most of the people I knew had completely lost touch with writing anything. What's more impersonal and uninspired than the average phone conversation? Of the imposing monologue of a voicemail - the laziest, most time consuming and disposable form of human communication? Email and texting have brought back the written word on a massive scale. No looking back... besides, at this point, it could be hard to relearn how to use a pen. I hear what you’re saying about email and none of it’s untrue, but email has also reintroduced the written word into day-to-day culture. Before email started entering the mainstream in the late 90s, most of the people I knew had completely lost touch with writing anything. What’s more impersonal and uninspired than the average phone conversation? Of the imposing monologue of a voicemail – the laziest, most time consuming and disposable form of human communication? Email and texting have brought back the written word on a massive scale. No looking back… besides, at this point, it could be hard to relearn how to use a pen.

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